Analyst - Accounting

**Main purpose** This role is responsible for the accounting, reporting and control of the Trading legal entities with primary responsibilities of monthly closing of the books, entity\-specific accounting policy, legal entity maintenance, account reconciliation & account structure management. The role will require an in\-depth understanding of these entities including their business strategies, associated technical accounting and disclosure requirements. **Key responsibilities** **Balance Sheet Review & Control** \-     Provide and support input into the end\-to\-end control and ownership of legal entity balance sheets for the division supported \-     Drive the monthly financial close which entails analytical review and sign off of the balance sheet, profit and loss accounts for entities of the specified trading division \-     Perform the month end close process including but not limited to revenue recognition checks, stock verification and valuation, debtors aging along with provision review, intercompany & related party balance confirmation \-      Ensure strong control framework by implementing and maintaining effective internal controls \-      Address ad hoc requests from various stakeholders and counterparts like tax, consolidation, and regional accounting teams \-     Coordinate with multiple teams on matters relating to intercompany settlements, transfer pricing, legal, compliance \-      Analyse impact of various journals and processes on trial balance areas. **MIS reporting** \-      Inter\-co, Portfolio and Broker reconciliation \-      Debtor/Creditor reconciliation \-      Debtor/Creditor reporting \-      VAT reconciliation and reporting \-      Inter/Intra-co invoicing and reallocation of costs/income \-      Daily suspense balance clearing and reporting **Audit** \-      Liaise with external auditors during the group & statutory audits \-      Coordinate with various functions to provide auditable support & evidence to external auditors \-      Prepare disclosure schedules and audit documentation **Change Management** \-     Drive change projects to support any accounting policy changes or new reporting requirements for the legal entities in scope \-      Challenge the current processes for improvement and constantly review processes for efficiencies \-      Steer a wide variety of projects in the transformation of the trading and GL systems from the design, functional requirements and testing to supporting implementation **Required qualifications** •   Chartered Accountant •   2\-4 Years of proven experience •   Eager to take up fresh challenges and support the team wherever required **Skills** •   Can work with multiple data sets, various systems and Excel •   Comfortable to work with non\-accounting teams for regular activities and projects **Attributes for success** * Ability to handle ambiguity with ease * Proven attention to detail and the ability to effectively multi-task a must * Strong interpersonal skills * Determined and able to take end\-to\-end ownership * Keen to question and challenge the existing processes with a view of creating reporting efficiencies and * improvements. **Department overview** Financial Control & Reporting Teams are based in various locations depending on the entities under scope. FC&R - ROW team is based out of Mumbai managing review and reporting for entities in Singapore & Europe primarily. Team closely works with Trading Controllers based out of Geneva. major responsibility of team include Management Reporting, Controlling, Audit management and statutory reporting.